Submissions by LillyValleyPoems
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Just because I write poetry doesn’t mean I’m a poet. I’m a poet because I believe I’m a poet. Say it louder for the people in the back!
SELF POEM
Published
17th Jul 2024 4:10am
17th Jul 2024 4:10am
Buckets of Red and Blue
Nestled between a beveled
Glass cake display
And a vase of
Seasonal flowers
Here lies my purple baby
An urn of dust
Temporary ashes
Of what’s left
You’re laying
A top a wearied
Rattan of decorative doors
In a house
Without your memories
My baby love,
Eyes greenish yellowy blue
The red of your blood
I’ve guessed
Mixed with the auburny of your hair
That’s what I didn’t see
Is what I’ll hate
The most
About you
Makes me think and feel...
Glass cake display
And a vase of
Seasonal flowers
Here lies my purple baby
An urn of dust
Temporary ashes
Of what’s left
You’re laying
A top a wearied
Rattan of decorative doors
In a house
Without your memories
My baby love,
Eyes greenish yellowy blue
The red of your blood
I’ve guessed
Mixed with the auburny of your hair
That’s what I didn’t see
Is what I’ll hate
The most
About you
Makes me think and feel...
#childhood
#family
#memories
#mother
#motherhood
120 reads
1 Comment
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
20th Aug 2023 6:19am
20th Aug 2023 6:19am
Spider Babies
It’s been 5 months since
We’ve spoken
And I’ve been stirring it up,
It’s all in my head
I’ve tried to forget
A conversation with my husband;
Me: I don’t want spiders
in my room,
Should we do something?
Husband: no, when they hatch
They’ll all blow away
That spider out my window
She’s got babies
A tiny cocoon;
Like how I call my robe
When I see my bebe’s
Morning face,
My cocoon’s only for my
Littlest ones
I want them to remember
These silken warmseys threads
It’s...
We’ve spoken
And I’ve been stirring it up,
It’s all in my head
I’ve tried to forget
A conversation with my husband;
Me: I don’t want spiders
in my room,
Should we do something?
Husband: no, when they hatch
They’ll all blow away
That spider out my window
She’s got babies
A tiny cocoon;
Like how I call my robe
When I see my bebe’s
Morning face,
My cocoon’s only for my
Littlest ones
I want them to remember
These silken warmseys threads
It’s...
#parent
#motherhood
#responsibility
220 reads
1 Comment
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Aug 2023 6:24am
19th Aug 2023 6:24am
Multi-Colored Sweater
What if dogs are just
our wishes waiting to
become true
our wishes waiting to
become true
#happiness
#love
#strength
#courage
#emotions
135 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Aug 2023 6:14am
19th Aug 2023 6:14am
Butterfly Pea-Tea Infused Sadness
It is with great sadness
That I can no longer play
Inspired by Jesse
As we age,
We just want to look as we
Did in the window
Even if we used to be pretty
Middle aged
Any age
We’re slowing down
A feeling of hollowness
Yellowing eyes
A queasiness
Anticipation
Our youth
It’s split
Tells the chrysalis
To the butterfly.
That I can no longer play
Inspired by Jesse
As we age,
We just want to look as we
Did in the window
Even if we used to be pretty
Middle aged
Any age
We’re slowing down
A feeling of hollowness
Yellowing eyes
A queasiness
Anticipation
Our youth
It’s split
Tells the chrysalis
To the butterfly.
#spiritual
#ghosts
#karma
157 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
30th Jun 2023 7:20am
30th Jun 2023 7:20am
The Ocean Becomes The Sky
When the ocean became the sky
I was there,
When I looked out from the Narrows Bridge,
It was quite black,
I fathomed,
How in the nautical length
Could I reach the arch of heaven?
I wondered if anyone down there
Could measure
Our understanding of a sounding line
Heavens length equal to six feet of water,
A difficult problem,
Would anyone care
If I laid in the air?
When the ocean became the sky
I was there,
limitless, I hope I can stay
Way up here while
You’re stuck 467 feet...
I was there,
When I looked out from the Narrows Bridge,
It was quite black,
I fathomed,
How in the nautical length
Could I reach the arch of heaven?
I wondered if anyone down there
Could measure
Our understanding of a sounding line
Heavens length equal to six feet of water,
A difficult problem,
Would anyone care
If I laid in the air?
When the ocean became the sky
I was there,
limitless, I hope I can stay
Way up here while
You’re stuck 467 feet...
#utopia
#heaven
#hell
204 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Jun 2023 6:28am
8th Jun 2023 6:28am
Call me Betty
I gave up in January
I thought about it
Back then
Don’t know why
I do what I do
I’m a mother and that’s all
I’m good for
The happiest I’ve ever been
Was when I was pregnant with you
Even in my childhood I was never
As enthusiastic about life as when
I was carrying you
You gave me purpose
Because I’d never seen a
future for myself
I’ve never pictured myself
As an old lady
I think I’ll pull a Betty Draper
get aggressive cancer
Have a few months left
And forget why...
I thought about it
Back then
Don’t know why
I do what I do
I’m a mother and that’s all
I’m good for
The happiest I’ve ever been
Was when I was pregnant with you
Even in my childhood I was never
As enthusiastic about life as when
I was carrying you
You gave me purpose
Because I’d never seen a
future for myself
I’ve never pictured myself
As an old lady
I think I’ll pull a Betty Draper
get aggressive cancer
Have a few months left
And forget why...
#mother
#family
#son
220 reads
1 Comment
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Jan 2023 9:15am
3rd Jan 2023 9:15am
LONG LOST BABY DADDY
It’s been a time
Since I’ve asked for your help
The first time was when
Our son was three weeks old
Omg he’s going to die
You hadn’t been with
me for some time
We lolly-gagged
At my sister’s house
Our baby waked me up
We were too young
You said you’d be here
And you were
Like the dust
Nobody remembers,
but it somehow
Disappears
And then you were gone
It’s been 18 years
I don’t know why
But I still
Believe.
Since I’ve asked for your help
The first time was when
Our son was three weeks old
Omg he’s going to die
You hadn’t been with
me for some time
We lolly-gagged
At my sister’s house
Our baby waked me up
We were too young
You said you’d be here
And you were
Like the dust
Nobody remembers,
but it somehow
Disappears
And then you were gone
It’s been 18 years
I don’t know why
But I still
Believe.
#father
#children
#responsibility
251 reads
3 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
3rd Jan 2023 3:12am
3rd Jan 2023 3:12am
SIGHLESS
#happiness
#strength
#motivational
#inspirational
#emotions
248 reads
0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
2nd Jan 2023 7:01am
2nd Jan 2023 7:01am
I LOVE YOU
A phrase that has no time construct
I could be lost at sea
So dark
The blacks shine
Shivering, swinging limbs
Raglan
Nothing but a drip along
I know he’d search for me
A piqued interest;
Beginning, middle, and end
Emotionally charged thoughts
I love you too.
I could be lost at sea
So dark
The blacks shine
Shivering, swinging limbs
Raglan
Nothing but a drip along
I know he’d search for me
A piqued interest;
Beginning, middle, and end
Emotionally charged thoughts
I love you too.
#love
#admiration
#emotions
232 reads
3 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Jan 2023 6:39am
2nd Jan 2023 6:39am
JANUS
I’ve been thinking a lot
It’s a new year
I wish I was Janus
He could look to the past and the future
Maybe he had a Time Machine
A Time Machine;
With one captain seat,
One dial for years,
One dial for days,
levers, tools, black metals
Iron and brass
The epitomized time traveler
The typical example of transitions
Lost dreamy ivory sepals
Paid for by the deep downs
of my pocket, dreamily drifting,
Hold up coffer’s flowers
Dancing in my hand
Stuck to my mind and
My heart
I once...
It’s a new year
I wish I was Janus
He could look to the past and the future
Maybe he had a Time Machine
A Time Machine;
With one captain seat,
One dial for years,
One dial for days,
levers, tools, black metals
Iron and brass
The epitomized time traveler
The typical example of transitions
Lost dreamy ivory sepals
Paid for by the deep downs
of my pocket, dreamily drifting,
Hold up coffer’s flowers
Dancing in my hand
Stuck to my mind and
My heart
I once...
#hope
#courage
#motivational
#inspirational
#admiration
256 reads
0 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
17th Dec 2022 8:06am
17th Dec 2022 8:06am
Seven
To the devils that hide--
Who sometimes come disguised,
Unforeseen...it was my home in which he resides;
A fraudulent patriarch sent from the dark To disband his malevolence--
He who only preys upon innocence, Unprepared for his arrival,
I could not escape that evil criminal.
So, consumed by despair,
With only my weight to spare, I surrendered to life's entropy;
Truths unbridled and untold,
For the dreams of my brother I behold,
In honor of my mother I chose to carry-- A death of a child for which I bestowed.
Who sometimes come disguised,
Unforeseen...it was my home in which he resides;
A fraudulent patriarch sent from the dark To disband his malevolence--
He who only preys upon innocence, Unprepared for his arrival,
I could not escape that evil criminal.
So, consumed by despair,
With only my weight to spare, I surrendered to life's entropy;
Truths unbridled and untold,
For the dreams of my brother I behold,
In honor of my mother I chose to carry-- A death of a child for which I bestowed.
#father
#parent
#childhood
#family
#memories
156 reads
0 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Dec 2022 7:04am
17th Dec 2022 7:04am
Summer
Music:
“Morgan Wallen”
I’m listening,
It’s that long drive
Our summer road trip
From home
I’m calm
On the that trip:
Huntington Beach blues
Waves cutting,
Covering, and
Carrying us
Wrapped
Up
Good times
Last minute thoughts:
I’m being with you
Our sweet
Family.
“Morgan Wallen”
I’m listening,
It’s that long drive
Our summer road trip
From home
I’m calm
On the that trip:
Huntington Beach blues
Waves cutting,
Covering, and
Carrying us
Wrapped
Up
Good times
Last minute thoughts:
I’m being with you
Our sweet
Family.
#childhood
#family
#memories
234 reads
3 Comments
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